Article of confectionery.



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PATENTED DEG. 10, 1907.

G. HBPPE.

ARTICLE 0F CONFECTIONBR'Y.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5l 1906.

' IINITED STATES PATENTOEEICE.

GEORGE HEPPE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ARTICLE F CONFEGTIONERY.

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To all whom 'it may concern.;

Be it known that'I, GEORGE HEPPE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Article of Confectionery, of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of confectionery, and has for its principal object to produce articles in imitation of sausages and other articles of food.

'With this object in view, the invention consists in the novel article of confectionery 'hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view o an imitation sausa e made in accordance with the invention, lt e view bel in section. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional etail of the same. Fig. 3is an'elevation, partly in section, of a number of connected links of imitation sausage made in accordance with the invention. Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding arts throughout the several figures of the raw- 1n s. 'f n-the manufacture of'that general class of confectionery made vin imitation of natural objects or'articles of food, it is usual to employanilin dyes, thosey having acoal tar base, eing more or -lesslpoisonous and harmful in their natureand t erefore objectionable.

vlIn carrying out` the present invention, one of the principal objects is to provide'for the employment of coloring matter of a harmless nature, and it has been found after a long se es'ofexperiments that very many colors or tintsjof natural and pre ared food may b e made from cochineal or c ocolate, or a com- 40 ,bination of the two in proportions that vary accordance with the tint or color to be prof 7 duced. -r l j 'f fof-fthe confectioneryorming the subject'of the'present invention is cocoanut,

'4 5 thexpgt being'shreddedand inely divided,

with-a solution of sugar to "guanti'y'l of cochinealhas previously e 4 efresultanhmass is spread 'het' on'fa mixing,tab1e, Iand to it is number of comparatively 'large hitei jcoanut meat', the who e ord Specification of Letters Patent.

Application illed January` 5. 1906. Serial No. 294.761.

so that it may #he dass @puede @ordinary form- Patent-ea me. io, 1907.

of sausa e I While stiil holt illiiiloffaf.-r y ing 10 o a sig ty o r afterwards tied, lasiiid large sausage.

The tubular covering` pe e a form of an ordinary sausagecasing,

say, a casing made from anfanimalintestine properly prepared and vmofrelor lessi-porous in Its nature so that vthe liquid su ar lwill oozeout through the' covering.

with the contents.

Portions of the heated sugar will still re` I main in liquid form, and under pressure from -the sausa e machine this liquid Will ooze'out is' slightly porous skin or covering" and will harden on the exterior, forminga smooth, glossy surface, which, in connectlon through t with the covering, will eifectually protect the mass of candy from dust, d-irt and atmospheric influences, the candy remaining fresh practicallyindefinite eriod,

and moist for a e readily cut into s ces at any time, or may be served in a variety of Ways, depending on the particular typeof,

sausage which it is made toimitate.

In some of the sausages Where the color is not uniform, such for instance as liver puddings and the like, the mass of shredded and minced cocoanut is sub-divided .and is separateljT treated in different vessels, where cochlneal or chocolate, or a mixture of the tfwo may be added in varying proportions for -the purpose of producing the desired he. Casing; moreover, 1s edible .and may beconsumed# color Vor tint, and after this, portions of the Vcontentsof each kettle are mixed together and jassed through the stufling machine.

c aimz- A new article of confectionery formed of finely divided cocoanutmeat, colored with cochineal and mixed with a solution of sugar, the whole bei casing of slig tl porous nature through which a portion o .the lifpxi sugar exudes to form an" air impervious ii m.

Intestimony that I claim the'foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed' my. .signature `In 'the lpresenceof tw'o .Witnesses .GEORGE inclosed in a thin protective 

